"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become prey to the active. The conditions upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt." ~ John Philpot Curran

How a Well-intentioned U.S. Law Left Congolese Miners Jobless

“[T]he legislation, signed by President Obama four years ago, set off a chain of events that has propelled millions of miners and their families deeper into poverty.” Similar outcomes result, to varying degrees, from all economic edicts.